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What's in a word?: Language: yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Word origins, language curiosities and problems. What makes some names more desirable? History of words.
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238 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1968
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Mario Andrew Pei
43 books11 followersMario Pei was Professor of Romance Languages at Columbia University.
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